them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character
Support}.
+@vindex show-nonbreak-escape
+ Some character sets define ``non-breaking'' versions of the space
+and hyphen characters, which are used where a line should not be
+broken. Emacs displays these with an escape character in order to
+distinguish them from ordinary spaces and hyphens. For example, a
+non-breaking space is displayed as @samp{\ }. You can turn off this
+behavior by setting the variable @code{show-nonbreak-escape} to
+@code{nil}.
+
@node Cursor Display
@section Displaying the Cursor